Petrel (Bark)

Dates:
Active 1893
Active 1895

Biographical notes:

Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass.; mastered by Edwin J. Reed, on voyage from 21 July 1885-11 Sept. 1890; owner-agent: Philip H. Reed; built at Mattapoisett, Mass., 1853.

From the description of Logbook of the bark Petrel, 1886 July 28-1890 Sept. 12. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71014737

Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by E.J. Reed, on voyage from 11 Oct. 1893-29 Oct. 1895 to the Western, Western Islands, Dominica, and 12/40 whaling grounds; owner-agent: Philip H. Reed; built at Mattapoisett, Mass., 1853.

From the description of Logbook, 1893 Oct. 11-1895 Oct. 29. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70976614

Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Charles S. Downs on voyage from 7 July 1874-20 May 1877; owner-agent: Thomas Knowles & Co.; built as ship at Mattapoisett, Mass., 1853; rerigged to bark in 1866.

From the description of Logbook of the bark Petrel, 1874 July 7- 1877 May 19. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71130154

Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Frederick Howland Smith, on voyage from 20 July 1871-1 May 1874; built at Rochester, Mass., 1853.

From the description of Logbook of the bark Petrel, 1871 July 20-1874 Apr. 30. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70977823

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Subjects:

  • Ships
  • Finback whale
  • Globicephala
  • Killer whale
  • Logbooks
  • Naval Medicine
  • Punishment
  • Seafaring life
  • Ship captains' spouses
  • Shipwrecks
  • Sperm whale
  • Voyages and travels
  • Whale bone
  • Whale oil
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whalers (Persons)
  • Whales
  • Whaling
  • Whaling
  • Whaling
  • Whaling masters
  • Whaling ships
  • Women and the sea

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Places:

  • Ascension Island (Atlantic Ocean) (as recorded)
  • South Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • South Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Indian Ocean (as recorded)
  • Barbados (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Indian Ocean (as recorded)
  • Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Bermuda Islands (as recorded)
  • Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • São Miguel Island (Azores) (as recorded)
  • Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • South Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Bermuda Islands (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--New Bedford (as recorded)